Think twice before grabbing that plastic water bottle — it could be taking a toll on your looks. A leading waste management company in the UK has tapped the latest studies on microplastics to generate ...

Gruesome pictures have revealed the shocking impact microplastics could be having on your appearance — and making you look decrepit and older. Microplastics are now in almost everything we touch, from ...

This’ll get your blood pumping. Plastic — the same stuff choking the oceans and your takeout containers — may be increasing your chance of having a stroke. In a shocking twist worthy of sci-fi, ...

Strange brown specks in two donated brains set a seasoned neuropathologist on an unexpected path. Elaine Bearer had examined countless samples during her long career, yet these glassy clusters puzzled ...

Microplastics could be disrupting how oceans absorb and store carbon, potentially undermining a natural buffer that helps ...

In 2025, Ziploc became the subject of a class-action lawsuit alleging that it made false promises by stating that its product ...

A new study has found microplastics present inside human placentas, which could potentially affect fetal health and development. The microplastics probably entered the women’s bodies through ingestion ...

You can’t see them, but microplastics are everywhere. These tiny plastic pieces may be less than half a centimeter in length, but they are also the most ubiquitous form of plastic pollution in the ...

This image high-elevation expedition climbers and Sherpa wear 'Himalayan suits' made of waterproof acrylic fibers at the Balcony (~8,440 m.a.s.l.), the highest from which microplastics were collected ...

Silicone’s composition gives it a synthetic polymer structure with a silicon-oxygen backbone, making it more resistant to ...

Life in plastic — not so fantastic. A leading waste management company in the UK has tapped the latest studies on microplastics to generate shocking images that show how different levels of exposure ...